Ed Roth, Von Dutch, Robert Williams Auction

There is an auction going on now for a large collection of original items. Most you have probably seen it advertised in the mags. If you want to watch it live go to egay (as some would call it) item #6626980976 and click live auction. I am not selling anything or am I apart of the auction there is just some of our neat history goinn' down the tubes. This may be the last time anyone is able to see this stuff publicly. I hope some car guys are getting some of this stuff as it is being held at the Petersen Museum. The prices are crazy!

 

Who cares?

Go out and work in the shop and bust a knuckle.

 

I care .... a little. I just watched Von Dutch's striping box sell for $270,000. That's fine whatever, but I would hate to see it taken and reproduced in smaller scale to make dog carriers, lunch boxes, or who knows what. That's all I'm saying. I do however understand sodbusters sentiment. Just keep working and let the guys with big bucks have their auctions. That's why I am watching it at the shop while fitting up a custom grill I building for my F-100. Cheers

 

Pretty interesting stuff, shows a whole 'nuther world I'll never live in.

 

why would i want to buy a buch of overpriced stuff from a dead fashion designer?

 

wow, betcha it would be nice of moriarty to have that road agent show sign huh ? wonder if he won it...

crazy money,

i'll complain about the usual "now the prices on some stuff is going to go through the roof"

 

Dead fashion designer. You Really don't know shit!!!!!! do you like pin stripping or art at all .Ken Howard was Anti fashion. Just because some money hungy ass holes took his name (after he was dead)and put on trucker hats and engery drinks. Dosn't mean he wasn't one of the Icons of hot rodding. Yah I don't have the money to afford any of the art sale but would loved to go check some of this stuff out.Because this is a big colection af art that you will never see in one spot again. Scott

 

Chill out, pretty sure it was a joke. Hard to believe any one on here wouldn't know who Kenny Howard ( aka Von Dutch ) was. hahahahha Pat

 

How were you watching it?

 

We would hope. The whole Von Dutch clothing thing just kills me.

 

This shit makes me sick really, ain't it great how they finally made him a sellout after he died

 

That was a good one. LMAO

 

What a toolbag. Thanks for the lesson.

 

thanks for the connection tip...

would have been fun to be there in person.. a gathering of hotrod heroes in the floor gallery to be sure..
someday we will be saying to our grandkids that we could have bid on his work .... but thought it was overpriced ....
time will tell...
had a opportunity to get a PICCASO lately for under a grand?


wow 7 grand for a cash talks bullshit walks .. small sign !!!!!!!!

 

Don't sweat it the guy who baught the box is a good guy loves car history owns alot of cars that would blow your mind.. The box is going to his car mueseum that will open in 2007.

 

over here they make those hats like CRAZY. Imagine a korean chick wearin it. You KNOW she dont know what the hell it is, they just saw Americans wearin it on TV.

 

Just like usual, artists arn't appreciated until they are dead...

Is's not as bad as it sounds really, does anybody wanna buy the work of a dead computer programmer?

 

No but if we kill one does that help make thier work valuable/ famous

 

I was introduced to Brucker and was given a grand tour of all things Dutch, including the bus, I took a lot of pics, unfortunately I only had a 2 megapixel camera so the pics suck, but are priceless to me. I had a chance to buy that clock for 300.00 but couldnt get it at the time, it was a great piece, I envisioned it on my living room wall, but at the time was broke as a joke. I saw and handled most of the stuff there,and am shocked at the money it brung. truly amazing. brucker has sooooo much stuff its sickening. I wonder where the bus will go, too bad its missing the window...

 

Did you see the final selling price for that item? $31,500!

But the thing that gets under my skin is how someone sold out the "Von Dutch" name. Kenny Howard is rolling in his pinstriped coffin.

 

It turns my stomach whenI see that crap, everywhere, the cars, bikes, drinks, clothes, underwear, chewing gum, furniture, etc.... just joking on the last few, but I am sure its not far off. Its horrible.

 

Could someone post a link to this auction site. I tried going through the posted directions, and couldn't get it to come up.

 

sarcasm is best when people don't get the joke. thanks for being the dork that made my day.

 

Anyone that wants to check out the stuff go to ...... eBay, then advanced search, by seller, enter rmauctions, completed items search. all the items will show up with final price and all.

If you agree with the prices or not it still nice to have a chance to see this stuff.

It is kind-of true about the dead artist thing though. Everything was going way above auction estimates. EXCEPT Robert Williams' stuff wich was selling below etimates. Poor guy is still alive and was on site to see it happen.

Have fun

 

Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

Somebody Emailed that to me yesterday.
I didn't think I'd get to use it that soon...

Thanks Ray.

 

Just reading some of VD,s cartoonery vvfunny it didn,t cost anything either

 

.... Scary... There is underwear!!

Yikes,
Mike

 

Sorry I forgot about intelligence of a machinist.Snappy come back, is dork the best you can do. May be if it was a Hunter S Thompson Auction you would get excited. He was a Quitter.

 

Shit, last week I was holding a huge original Von Dutch sign. I should have drugged the owner and took the thing home with me.

 

In his youth, Famed Artist Pablo Picasso once did a brief sketch on a resturant napkin for a fellow artist who was in financial trouble at the time. This took place in New York City in the early 50's. The fellow artist ended up selling the napkin for some outrageous sum of money! ( thousands of dollars as I recall) This idiocy has been going on for years! Now we havwea common place to celebrate this type of activity;...it's called Barrett Jackson!